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Daemen women win USCAA title

Sophomore Lindsay Stoddard (Allegany-Limestone) scored 18 of her 22 points in the second half to lead top-ranked Daemen College (26-7) to a 73-62 victory over third-seeded Lindenwood University-Belleville in the championship game of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament at Penn State-Fayette in Uniontown, Pa. Daemen rode 53-percent shooting (16-30) in the second half to the title.

Another senior, Monica Kosior of the Wildcats, was named tournament Most Valuable Player while Stoddard and Allen made all-tournament.

Daemen’s men’s team lost to Rochester (Minn.) College, 70-67, in that championship final. Gerald Beverly was high scorer for Daemen with 19 points. He also had 11 rebounds. Casey Sheehan and Beverly of Daemen made the all-tournament team.

Freshman guard Devon Elliott scored a career-high 33 points to lead ECC to a 97-94 win over Niagara County CC in the Region III men’s semifinals in Rochester. The Kats will play No. 5 Monroe CC in today’s 1 p.m. championship game.

NCCC took a 91-87 lead on a three-point basket with 3:27 remaining, but the Kats used a 6-0 run that included a conventional three-point play by Rayshawn Sumlin with 2:15 left.

Sophomore forward Alexis Gray (West Seneca East) had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead ECC over Jamestown CC, 72-50, in the women’s Region III semifinals at the Flickinger Center.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING: Brittney Kuras of the University at Buffalo captured her second Mid-American Conference individual title Saturday, winning the 100 freestyle in a meet record 48.89 seconds in the conference championships at Alumni Arena.

Kuras, a senior, also anchored UB’s 400-yard freestyle relay, which won in 3:20.24, a UB pool record. Mallory Morrell, Marissa Murphy and Early Moore also swam the UB relay.

Kuras swam a 48.75 split to bring the Bulls home in front of second place Miami (Ohio) by 1.86 seconds.